Head of Research

  • Laurent joined AXA IM in August 2015 as International Economist, then as Head of Macroeconomic Research. Since February 2019, he is heading AXA IM Research team, gathering euro credit analysts, macroeconomists and strategists

  • Prior to AXA IM, he worked for two years at the French Statistical Institute (Insee) as the Head of the Forecasting Unit. Previously, Laurent spent three years at the French Embassy in Stockholm, where he covered the Nordic economies as financial advisor to the French Treasury. Earlier in his career, he also worked for the French Ministry for the Budget and the French Statistical Institute.

  • Laurent, graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, holds an MSc in economics from Paris School of Economics, Statistics and Finance (ENSAE Paris Tech).

Insights

06 December 2019

Lebanon in the eye of the storm

Lebanon is experiencing its largest street protests since the end of the civil war. The country is struggling with economic stagnation, and its fractious and corrupted political system has failed to ...

29 November 2019

Latin America’s socio-economic turmoil follows the region’s structural decline

Latin America struggles. Since the end of the commodity fuelled economic boom six years ago, economic stagnation has settled in the region.

25 November 2019

Fragile 20-20 vision

An interim trade deal between the US and China should ease global trade winds. Combined with stimulus enacted over a range of economies, we expect a stabilisation and modest rebound in global activit ...

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